From: Ha'aretz, June 30, 2012
A leader of Hungary's anti-Semitic Jobbik party confessed to having
Jewish origins, but Jewish leaders reacted to his statement
dismissively.
"I learned not long ago that I had parents of Jewish origins," Csanad
Szegedi, a member of the European parliament and regional leader of
Jobbik, said in an interview with the daily Barikad.
Members of Jobbik have used anti-Semitic rhetoric repeatedly in the past.
"Knowing who is a pure-race Hungarian is not what counts. The important
thing is the way one behaves as a Hungarian," he is quoted as saying.
Read the Rest
Remember the Russian anti-semite, Vladimir Zhirinovsky? He had a Polish Jewish father. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1446759.stm
Jun 30, 2012
Louis B Mayer Blog
HollywoodEssays.com is a new blog by Alicia Mayer Beverley which covers the family and descendants of her movie mogul uncle, Louis B Mayer.
Jun 29, 2012
JOWBR Update Announcement
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2012 pre-Conference update to JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database.
The JOWBR database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/
If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts at http://www.jewishgen.org/
This update adds more than 105,000 new records and 21,000 new photos. The database is adding 244 new cemeteries along with updates or additions to an additional 343 cemeteries.
In our continuing effort to broaden JOWBR's coverage worldwide, we are adding or updating records to cemeteries from 46 countries, literally spanning from A to Z -- Algeria to Zimbabwe.
This update brings JOWBR's holdings to 1.86 million records from almost 3,600 cemeteries / cemetery sections. We've also added initial data sets for 16 new countries -- bringing the number of countries represented in JOWBR to 80 on 6 continents!
The JOWBR database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/
If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts at http://www.jewishgen.org/
This update adds more than 105,000 new records and 21,000 new photos. The database is adding 244 new cemeteries along with updates or additions to an additional 343 cemeteries.
In our continuing effort to broaden JOWBR's coverage worldwide, we are adding or updating records to cemeteries from 46 countries, literally spanning from A to Z -- Algeria to Zimbabwe.
This update brings JOWBR's holdings to 1.86 million records from almost 3,600 cemeteries / cemetery sections. We've also added initial data sets for 16 new countries -- bringing the number of countries represented in JOWBR to 80 on 6 continents!
German Circumcision Ban
We received this from Bnai Brith Canada:
CALL TO ACTION: Urge the German government to challenge discriminatory circumcision ban
CALL TO ACTION: Urge the German government to challenge discriminatory circumcision ban
Jun 28, 2012
Nora Ephron on The 1950s
She grew up in Beverly Hills with colorful parents and a Christmas
tree. She went to school on the Jewish holidays because her mother
said, “What are you going to do if you stay home?”
She told me the most interesting moment for her as a Jew was when she went to Wellesley College in 1958 because the school had a quota on Jews.
After she was admitted, she received a housing form on which she was supposed to put her religious preference.
“I thought that leaving it blank was sort of the right response,” she told me. “And I got a letter back saying I wouldn’t be given a room assignment till I told them my religious preference.
So I wrote them a letter saying that I was an atheist but I had been born a Jew, and sent it off. And then I went off to Wellesley and it was absolutely clear to a blind person that the housing department worked in the following way: Catholic girls roomed with Catholic girls, Jewish girls were put with Jewish girls and Protestant girls with Protestant girls.
She told me the most interesting moment for her as a Jew was when she went to Wellesley College in 1958 because the school had a quota on Jews.
After she was admitted, she received a housing form on which she was supposed to put her religious preference.
“I thought that leaving it blank was sort of the right response,” she told me. “And I got a letter back saying I wouldn’t be given a room assignment till I told them my religious preference.
So I wrote them a letter saying that I was an atheist but I had been born a Jew, and sent it off. And then I went off to Wellesley and it was absolutely clear to a blind person that the housing department worked in the following way: Catholic girls roomed with Catholic girls, Jewish girls were put with Jewish girls and Protestant girls with Protestant girls.
Russian Jewish Memoirs
The Story of a Life: Memoirs of a Young Jewish Woman in the Russian Empire
By Anna Pavlovna Vygodskaia, translated by Eugene Avrutin and Robert Greene
Northern Illinois University Press, 202 pages, $22.95
By Anna Pavlovna Vygodskaia, translated by Eugene Avrutin and Robert Greene
Northern Illinois University Press, 202 pages, $22.95
More Jews Choosing Cremation
From: Forward.com - June 27, 2012
Jews are increasingly choosing to be cremated, funeral professionals say, despite Jewish law and thousands of years of tradition.
No hard numbers on the practice exist. The proportion of Jews who choose cremation varies widely by city. But the general trend is up.
Conservative and Reform Judaism let their rabbis officiate at the funerals of people who will be cremated. Orthodox groups don’t allow any such leeway.
Read the rest
Jews are increasingly choosing to be cremated, funeral professionals say, despite Jewish law and thousands of years of tradition.
No hard numbers on the practice exist. The proportion of Jews who choose cremation varies widely by city. But the general trend is up.
Conservative and Reform Judaism let their rabbis officiate at the funerals of people who will be cremated. Orthodox groups don’t allow any such leeway.
Read the rest
Jun 26, 2012
Hitler's DNA
From: Ha'aretz, August 24, 2010
In research for the Flemish-language magazine Knack, journalist
Jean-Paul Mulders traced Hitler's living relatives in the Fuhrer's
native Austria, as well as the United States.
Geneticists identify groups of chromosomes called haplogroups, 'genetic fingerprints' that define populations.
According to Mulders, Hitler's dominant haplogroup, E1b1b, is relatively rare in Western Europe - but strongest in some 25 percent of Greeks and Sicilians, who apparently acquired the genes from Africa.
Between 50 percent and 80 percent of North Africans share Hitler's dominant group, which is especially prevalent among in the Berber tribes of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, and Somalis.
More surprising still, perhaps, is that Hitler's second most dominant haplogroup is the most common in Ashkenazi Jews.
Geneticists identify groups of chromosomes called haplogroups, 'genetic fingerprints' that define populations.
According to Mulders, Hitler's dominant haplogroup, E1b1b, is relatively rare in Western Europe - but strongest in some 25 percent of Greeks and Sicilians, who apparently acquired the genes from Africa.
Between 50 percent and 80 percent of North Africans share Hitler's dominant group, which is especially prevalent among in the Berber tribes of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, and Somalis.
More surprising still, perhaps, is that Hitler's second most dominant haplogroup is the most common in Ashkenazi Jews.
A Left Wing Family
From: The New Statesman - Michael Rosen, Confessions of An Accidental Communist
I am the child of two people who joined the Young Communist League around 1935, when they were 16.
They were both the grandchildren of eastern European Jewish families that migrated to France, Britain and the US from places that I find listed on censuses as Russified Poland or Austria but that we now call Poland and Bukovina.
The trades they brought with them were mostly in how we cover our bodies: hats, caps, suits, dresses, boots and shoes – though one of them seems to have tried to sell dairy goods and another tried a bit of glazing.
Read the rest
I am the child of two people who joined the Young Communist League around 1935, when they were 16.
They were both the grandchildren of eastern European Jewish families that migrated to France, Britain and the US from places that I find listed on censuses as Russified Poland or Austria but that we now call Poland and Bukovina.
The trades they brought with them were mostly in how we cover our bodies: hats, caps, suits, dresses, boots and shoes – though one of them seems to have tried to sell dairy goods and another tried a bit of glazing.
Read the rest
Jun 25, 2012
Cutbacks at Library and Archives Canada
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM
Jan Meisels Allen
janmallen@att.net
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
Jan Meisels Allen
janmallen@att.net
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
Jun 21, 2012
Searching For Relatives in Waterloo Ontario
A synagogue in Waterloo, Ontario received an inquiry from Israel about relatives who emigrated to Canada from Russia about 100 years ago.
The info is below as well as a verification by the Waterloo shul that the writer is for real.
The letter is written by someone for whom English is a second language. I tried to clean it up a bit without changing the meaning but it is still a bit rough.
The info is below as well as a verification by the Waterloo shul that the writer is for real.
The letter is written by someone for whom English is a second language. I tried to clean it up a bit without changing the meaning but it is still a bit rough.
Jun 17, 2012
Toronto's Jewish Yacht Club
In 1911, the Globe reported that the Queen City Yacht Club was
considering a motion to bar from membership “Jews, negroes and people of
other undesirable nationalities.”
The motion was withdrawn after overwhelming opposition from the club’s own members, the paper reported, and a “spirited” Passover service on the subject from Rabbi Solomon Jacobs at Holy Blossom Synagogue.
Read the story here.
See also: ArchivesCanada.ca
The motion was withdrawn after overwhelming opposition from the club’s own members, the paper reported, and a “spirited” Passover service on the subject from Rabbi Solomon Jacobs at Holy Blossom Synagogue.
Read the story here.
See also: ArchivesCanada.ca
Our Website is Rebuilt
A Message From the President
I am happy to inform our membership that our website has now been successfully rebuilt and is up and running. Please refer to www.jgstoronto.ca for announcements, back issues of Shem Tov, resources, information about events, and much more.
Our Cemetery Committee is looking for someone who can read Russian to translate the inscriptions on tombstones. This would necessitate meeting once or twice per year to go over photos taken by the committee members before the photos are uploaded to JOWBR.
We are still searching for a Treasurer. If you have an accounting designation and/or bookkeeping experience and would like to be part of our Board, I would like to talk to you. Our Society is also looking for someone to take on the Secretary position. This is a very important role. The candidate should be well-organized, be familiar with taking minutes and be willing to book the venues for our programs.
Please email me at president@jgstoronto.ca if you are interested in becoming a part of your Society's leadership. Also, please contact me if you plan on attending the IAJGS Conference in Paris in July.
Hope you all have a wonderful and safe summer.
Harvey Glasner
President, JGS Toronto
I am happy to inform our membership that our website has now been successfully rebuilt and is up and running. Please refer to www.jgstoronto.ca for announcements, back issues of Shem Tov, resources, information about events, and much more.
Our Cemetery Committee is looking for someone who can read Russian to translate the inscriptions on tombstones. This would necessitate meeting once or twice per year to go over photos taken by the committee members before the photos are uploaded to JOWBR.
We are still searching for a Treasurer. If you have an accounting designation and/or bookkeeping experience and would like to be part of our Board, I would like to talk to you. Our Society is also looking for someone to take on the Secretary position. This is a very important role. The candidate should be well-organized, be familiar with taking minutes and be willing to book the venues for our programs.
Please email me at president@jgstoronto.ca if you are interested in becoming a part of your Society's leadership. Also, please contact me if you plan on attending the IAJGS Conference in Paris in July.
Hope you all have a wonderful and safe summer.
Harvey Glasner
President, JGS Toronto
Jewish-Asian Intermarriage
A Jewish-Asian Couple’s Union Leads to a Scholarly Interest in Intermarriage -- by Sammy G. Freedman - The NYT - June 15, 2012
The proportion of intermarriages of American Jews and Asian-Americans is growing.
Statistics alone, though, tell only part of the relevant story. The Jewish-Asian love affair, as the research by Ms. Kim, 39, and Mr. Leavitt, 42, indicates, is built on a deep sense of shared commitment to “tight-knit families, hard work, and educational advancement,” as they wrote in the journal Contemporary Judaism.
Read the rest here
The proportion of intermarriages of American Jews and Asian-Americans is growing.
Statistics alone, though, tell only part of the relevant story. The Jewish-Asian love affair, as the research by Ms. Kim, 39, and Mr. Leavitt, 42, indicates, is built on a deep sense of shared commitment to “tight-knit families, hard work, and educational advancement,” as they wrote in the journal Contemporary Judaism.
Read the rest here
Redefining Jewish Culture in Poland
By Ginanne Brownell, New York Times, June 5, 2012
WARSAW — Zuzanna Ziolkowska — sitting at a Warsaw sidewalk café with her long dreadlocks wrapped in a colorful turquoise and orange scarf — said she first learned of her Jewish roots about a decade ago.
Her mother told her casually over lunch one afternoon that Ms. Ziolkowska’s father, with whom she has no contact, was Jewish.
Though she was a bit shocked by the news — and her mother’s offhanded mention of it — she said even as a young girl she had been keenly interested and felt a connection to Jewish history and literature.
Read the rest here
WARSAW — Zuzanna Ziolkowska — sitting at a Warsaw sidewalk café with her long dreadlocks wrapped in a colorful turquoise and orange scarf — said she first learned of her Jewish roots about a decade ago.
Her mother told her casually over lunch one afternoon that Ms. Ziolkowska’s father, with whom she has no contact, was Jewish.
Though she was a bit shocked by the news — and her mother’s offhanded mention of it — she said even as a young girl she had been keenly interested and felt a connection to Jewish history and literature.
Read the rest here
Jun 15, 2012
Nationhood and Genetics
From: Sam Lebens in Ha’aretz
The geneticist, Harry Ostrer, in his latest book, Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People, is very keen to present all of the genetic evidence that apparently demonstrates that we, the Jewish People, are a race. I’m not coming from a place of liberal discomfort with geneticists looking at our differences.
Yes, there are Ashkenazi genes, Sephardi genes, Levitical genes, and so on. And, yes, looking at these genetics commonalities can be tremendously beneficial to our understanding of medicine and more. But, we, as a people, are not defined by our genes. We are not a race.
A race, whatever that notion really means, is certainly not something that can be joined. The Jewish people can be joined.
The geneticist, Harry Ostrer, in his latest book, Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People, is very keen to present all of the genetic evidence that apparently demonstrates that we, the Jewish People, are a race. I’m not coming from a place of liberal discomfort with geneticists looking at our differences.
Yes, there are Ashkenazi genes, Sephardi genes, Levitical genes, and so on. And, yes, looking at these genetics commonalities can be tremendously beneficial to our understanding of medicine and more. But, we, as a people, are not defined by our genes. We are not a race.
A race, whatever that notion really means, is certainly not something that can be joined. The Jewish people can be joined.
Jun 8, 2012
Halsted Trust's genealogical conference
Full details of the conference, how to submit talks, etc can be found at www.exodus2013.co.uk/
Date: Friday 6th September 2013 to Sunday 8th September 2013
Place: Hinckley Island Hotel, Watling St, Hinckley, Leicestershire LE10 3JA UK
Topic: Migration to and within the British Isles.
Covers the different migrant communities that have come to the UK, including Jewish migrants.
The conference lectures and after dinner talks are expected to feature nationally and internationally known genealogical speakers but the organizers will also look favourably on new talks and subjects
that have not been presented before.
Proposals will be accepted starting 1 July 2012.
Deadline for Submissions - 30 September 2012
Conference Themes
British Migration from, to or within the British Isles
Tracing the origins of migrant ancestors
The reasons for migration
Sources and resources
DNA as evidence for migration
The impact of Diasporas on Britain
The impact of the British Diaspora on the world
Mark Nicholls
marknichollsmn@googlemail.com
Director at Large, IAJGS
Date: Friday 6th September 2013 to Sunday 8th September 2013
Place: Hinckley Island Hotel, Watling St, Hinckley, Leicestershire LE10 3JA UK
Topic: Migration to and within the British Isles.
Covers the different migrant communities that have come to the UK, including Jewish migrants.
The conference lectures and after dinner talks are expected to feature nationally and internationally known genealogical speakers but the organizers will also look favourably on new talks and subjects
that have not been presented before.
Proposals will be accepted starting 1 July 2012.
Deadline for Submissions - 30 September 2012
Conference Themes
British Migration from, to or within the British Isles
Tracing the origins of migrant ancestors
The reasons for migration
Sources and resources
DNA as evidence for migration
The impact of Diasporas on Britain
The impact of the British Diaspora on the world
Mark Nicholls
marknichollsmn@googlemail.com
Director at Large, IAJGS
Southern California Genealogical Jamboree Online
The Southern California Genealogical Jamboree is meeting in Burbank, California Friday June 8-10.
It is one of the largest genealogy conferences in the US attracting about 1700 attendees.
They will make 10 sessions free online.
As speakers permit, sessions will be archived and made available for viewing after Jamboree through the Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) webinar archive.
SCGS would appreciate contributions to offset the expense of bandwidth, speaker honorarium, equipment, camera operators, etc.
There are a limited number of viewing "seats" available for each session. For that reason, we will go off air between classes and ask viewers to log in for each individual session.
To see which sessions are being offered go to:
http://genealogyjamboree.blogspot.com/2012/06/jamboree-streamed-sessions-announced.html
Click on the hypertext link for the sessions you are interested in and that will take you to the registration page for the session.
Jan Meisels Allen
janmallen@att.net
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
It is one of the largest genealogy conferences in the US attracting about 1700 attendees.
They will make 10 sessions free online.
As speakers permit, sessions will be archived and made available for viewing after Jamboree through the Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) webinar archive.
SCGS would appreciate contributions to offset the expense of bandwidth, speaker honorarium, equipment, camera operators, etc.
There are a limited number of viewing "seats" available for each session. For that reason, we will go off air between classes and ask viewers to log in for each individual session.
To see which sessions are being offered go to:
http://genealogyjamboree.blogspot.com/2012/06/jamboree-streamed-sessions-announced.html
Click on the hypertext link for the sessions you are interested in and that will take you to the registration page for the session.
Jan Meisels Allen
janmallen@att.net
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
Jun 6, 2012
Marc Stevens Research - How he did it
On May 28, 2012, Marc Stevens told us the story of his father. It had to be one of the most fascinating stories we've ever heard at our society.
For instance, Marc says that the James Garner character in The Great Escape is modelled at least in part on his dad who was one of the two designated scroungers for the escapees at the camp.
Now, Marc's dad didn't tell him these stories. He was secretive about his background. For instance, he hid the fact that he was Jewish. Marc had to research all of this information.
Marc was going to tell us how he researched the story but after telling the story, there was no time - so he's sent along some notes.
Mid-1980’s
Noticed a letter to the Editor of the Toronto Star from a UK author, asking for stories from people in Stalag Luft 3 at the time of the Great Escape
1986
Met with that UK author who gave me good advice on who to contact for info about Dad, what books to read, etc.
1987
Joined RAF Bomber Command Association; visited their Secretary, who gave me good advice on how to commence my research. Visited National Archives, and found their entire catalogue was on index cards, which made extended searches virtually impossible. Easily found all records of Dad’s RAF operational service, which made for fascinating reading.
1988
Contacted RAF Personnel Records Department and asked them to forward personal letters to know former members of Dad’s aircrew. Eventually heard back from two of them, later met with them individually in England. I put the two of them in contact with one another, for which both were extremely grateful (they hadn’t seen each other since the war). Both credited Dad with saving their lives, and one named his son after my father.
1989-90 Visited RAF airfields
1990’s Research essentially halted
1996
While at Central Reference Library, saw a sign re: International phone directories and found my aunt in London, UK
2003 Visited National Archives in an attempt to kick-start research
2004 Wrote 40,000 words in 4 months, burnt myself out
2005 Visited Stalag Luft 3 site (Poland), Hannover and 2 Concentration camps
2006 Thanks to advice from authors of new books that mention my father, I was able to find my two personal “Holy Grails”, which led to my “Holy Crap” realization.
2007 Finished writing, hired professional editor to polish manuscript, submitted to publishers
2008 Signed publishing contract
2009 Published!
Research Tips
Join associations in your field of research, and use the services of their administration
For military records – Write to the Personnel Department of the appropriate branch of service
Visit archives and ask for help; chances are, they’ve had many similar requests and can make short work of your demand
Visit museums
Read as many books as possible from your chosen field, and try to contact the authors to see if they can help
Make lots of trips – it’s always better to get the view from zero altitude as well as from 36,000 feet
Write to government offices and ask for their help in searching records
Internet – Can be a goldmine, but not always reliable. Wikipedia accepts submissions, but seems to do a credible job of verification. Look for independent Forums in your field; they can be a goldmine.
For instance, Marc says that the James Garner character in The Great Escape is modelled at least in part on his dad who was one of the two designated scroungers for the escapees at the camp.
Now, Marc's dad didn't tell him these stories. He was secretive about his background. For instance, he hid the fact that he was Jewish. Marc had to research all of this information.
Marc was going to tell us how he researched the story but after telling the story, there was no time - so he's sent along some notes.
Mid-1980’s
Noticed a letter to the Editor of the Toronto Star from a UK author, asking for stories from people in Stalag Luft 3 at the time of the Great Escape
1986
Met with that UK author who gave me good advice on who to contact for info about Dad, what books to read, etc.
1987
Joined RAF Bomber Command Association; visited their Secretary, who gave me good advice on how to commence my research. Visited National Archives, and found their entire catalogue was on index cards, which made extended searches virtually impossible. Easily found all records of Dad’s RAF operational service, which made for fascinating reading.
1988
Contacted RAF Personnel Records Department and asked them to forward personal letters to know former members of Dad’s aircrew. Eventually heard back from two of them, later met with them individually in England. I put the two of them in contact with one another, for which both were extremely grateful (they hadn’t seen each other since the war). Both credited Dad with saving their lives, and one named his son after my father.
1989-90 Visited RAF airfields
1990’s Research essentially halted
1996
While at Central Reference Library, saw a sign re: International phone directories and found my aunt in London, UK
2003 Visited National Archives in an attempt to kick-start research
2004 Wrote 40,000 words in 4 months, burnt myself out
2005 Visited Stalag Luft 3 site (Poland), Hannover and 2 Concentration camps
2006 Thanks to advice from authors of new books that mention my father, I was able to find my two personal “Holy Grails”, which led to my “Holy Crap” realization.
2007 Finished writing, hired professional editor to polish manuscript, submitted to publishers
2008 Signed publishing contract
2009 Published!
Research Tips
Join associations in your field of research, and use the services of their administration
For military records – Write to the Personnel Department of the appropriate branch of service
Visit archives and ask for help; chances are, they’ve had many similar requests and can make short work of your demand
Visit museums
Read as many books as possible from your chosen field, and try to contact the authors to see if they can help
Make lots of trips – it’s always better to get the view from zero altitude as well as from 36,000 feet
Write to government offices and ask for their help in searching records
Internet – Can be a goldmine, but not always reliable. Wikipedia accepts submissions, but seems to do a credible job of verification. Look for independent Forums in your field; they can be a goldmine.
Jun 5, 2012
Members Report on Research
Date: Wednesday June 20, 2012
Place: Temple Sinai - 210 Wilson Ave (just east of Bathurst)
Time: 8:00 pm (Doors open 7.30)
This is always one of our best meetings; the one where our own members tell their stories.
There will be a number of brief presentations. Our members will share their recent "breakthroughs" in their research; or their use of unique or little known sources of information;
Place: Temple Sinai - 210 Wilson Ave (just east of Bathurst)
Time: 8:00 pm (Doors open 7.30)
7:45 p.m.:
Help You Get Started Session (15 min)
(Report research problems. Ask
questions. Members offer suggestions)
8.00 p.m.: Brief Annual
General Meeting and Presentation of Financial Statements
8.15 p.m. Main Topic:
Breaking Through Brick Walls
SPEAKERS: Members of
our Society
There will be a number of brief presentations. Our members will share their recent "breakthroughs" in their research; or their use of unique or little known sources of information;
Ruth Chernia – Starting with a
Tombstone; Finishing with a Family History
Harvey Glasner – Confirming Family
Connections through DNA
Other presentations to be confirmed
We are still able to accommodate one or
two more presentations, so if you are interested, please contact Lucy
Sadowski at lsadowski@jgstoronto.ca
Come out to our final meeting of the
2011-12 season.
Jun 4, 2012
Writing Family Stories and Memoirs - Summer Workshops
Writing Family Stories and Memoirs: Summer
Retreat
Friday, July 6 - Sunday,
July 8
Attend
one or more workshops or stay for the weekend
Description
During the July 6-8 weekend, Lil Blume will hold a series of
workshops focussing on writing family stories and memoirs.
Exercises, timed writing sessions, inspiration, and group
support will help our stories fly out.
If you want to animate your stories or simply seek more
writing skills and confidence, private feedback sessions and editing can be
scheduled beyond the group workshops.
Location
Hamilton, ON
This home is in the historic Locke St. neighbourhood of
Hamilton, close to great cafés and all amenities.
Large workshop space and gardens.
45-minute drive from downtown Toronto.
Easy (stress-free) access from Toronto by GO bus
(five-minute walk from GO bus stop.)
Tentative Schedule
Workshop times can be adjusted to suit participants, but
the general idea is below. Workshops are initially scheduled for the afternoons, since some people might be travelling in from other centres. Some
people might prefer mornings for writing and afternoons for editing, walking,
thinking, napping. Let me know your preferences.
Friday, July 6: Writing Workshop #1 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Evening: Shabbat dinner and rituals followed by writing,
reading, and discussion session. 8-10
If several people are arriving Friday evening, we will have a writing session in the evening
Saturday, July 7: Writing Workshop #2 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. with lunch break.
Evening: dinner, gathering, reading and sharing, late
havdallah
Sunday, July 8: Writing Workshop #3 1:00 - 4:00
Mornings will include scheduled editing/consultation
sessions.
Cost:
Full weekend: All
workshops, gatherings, plus consultation times - $140
Any Single
Full Day: Workshop, consultation, evening activity - $60/day - workshop only
$40.
A limited number of scholarships can be arranged for anyone on a limited budget.
Accommodation and meals on site can be arranged at a reasonable cost. There is still one room available on site, and the homes of other writers, bed/breakfast, or inn are all nearby.
Walking distance to shul for Shabbat, if desired.
High-speed internet and
printer available on site.
Bring: Your notebook, pens, laptops. Bring also and a family artefacts - letters, photographs or other items.
Please send expressions of
interest by June 20.
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"Some stories may be unjustly forgotten, but no stories are unjustly remembered."
-- Robert Fulford, The Triumph of Narrative
"Some stories may be unjustly forgotten, but no stories are unjustly remembered."
-- Robert Fulford, The Triumph of Narrative
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